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Category Archives: The Phoenix Gene, A Novel

Age of Reason vs. the Information Age

December 22, 2016by lalancaster 3 Comments

Since I am writing a science fiction novel with some nearly immortal characters, I get to have fun conversations with them. Here is a portion of one: “Robert, why don’t you […]

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Culture and Society, The Phoenix Gene, A Novel, Writing Science Fiction

The Language of Longevity

September 23, 2016by lalancaster 2 Comments

If someone from Elizabethan England were still living, would they find themselves saying, “What think ye?” rather than “What do you think?” As a novelist, I have to make a […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality, The Phoenix Gene, A Novel, Writing Science Fiction

Photographic Memory- Fact or Fiction?

October 23, 2015by lalancaster 2 Comments

I initially thought that my protagonist should have a photographic memory. It would be interesting for someone 250+ years old to remember almost anything he’d seen with high accuracy. He […]

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Culture and Society, The Phoenix Gene, A Novel, Writing Science Fiction

Healing With Stem Cells- iPS Cells

August 7, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

What is the difference between a stem cell that could re-build a sick or damaged body and a specialized, mature cell? Four genes. A number of cells shut off once […]

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Biology, Stem Cells, The Phoenix Gene, A Novel

Healing With Stem Cells- Embryonic

July 23, 2015by lalancaster 1 Comment

Most people know that stem cells may be the key to curing certain diseases and healing injuries. Stem cells also feature in the novel I’m writing. The research I’m doing right […]

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Biology, Stem Cells, The Phoenix Gene, A Novel

The Phoenix Gene- Chapter 1

August 1, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

To celebrate the beginning of my fourth draft of my in-progress novel, the Phoenix Gene, I’m posting a more complete version of Chapter One. You can also find it under the […]

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